The Nissan Path

Hello all, I am currently considering purchasing a travel trailer and will be towing with my 06 Nissan Pathfinder LE 4x4. The Pathfinder has a max towing capacity of 6000lbs and a max tongue of 600lbs. Obviously I want to stay as far below that as possible but with what I want on my next TT I might be getting close to the max . I am considering either the Passport 238ml or the Sonic 220BH with the Sonic being my first choice. The car has Airlift bags, and trailer brake controller. I might have to purchase a WDH but only if needed depending on how much it squats with the airlift bags. My concern is that 5400lbs is max on the Sonic. Dry on the Sonic is 4200. Is it realistic to think I will be maxing out the payload capacity of the TT to 5400lbs? It's my wife, my small dog and myself, only bringing what we need nothing extra.

If I add an extra 1000 lbs I will still be 800lbs below max of my Pathfinder. I have been reading on the forums and a rule of thumb is to take the max towing of the vehicle and only tow 80% of that. if I were to purchase the Sonic and load it to the max I would be at 86.5%. (that is IF I load it to max)


I'm plan to travel across the country with it.

Based on the travel trailers others are towing it sounds like you'll be okay.

Browse around the forum a bit and you will see what others are towing. Here is a good place to start. http://www.thenissanpath.com/viewtopic.php?t=3357

I personally would not even try it without a WDH it will really help when towing and you are prob going to need to add a friction sway control.